Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Top 30 Facebook Fan Pages by number of fans - October 2010

Facebook Pages seem to be growing faster than ever. Partly a derivative of the various changes implemented in recent months ('Become A Fan Of' evolving to 'Like' , Open Graph activation, the ability to take over / merge Pages and Facebook's linking Pages to Profile interests) and partly down to Page holders giving a greater focus on Facebook Fan numbers (promoted on TV etc.)

At the end of 2008 only Barack Obama and Michael Phelps had more than 1 million fans. by the beginning of 2010 the Michael Jackson page was the only Page in excess of 10 million, but as you can see from the list below these numbers are small fry compared to the number of Facebook Fans that Facebook Pages now have (especially Texas Hold'em Poker which has managed to gain 20 million fans since the beginning of the year!) The quirky pages like (Pizza or remembering something funny) are still popular but 'Music' is the only Community page now in the top 30 Facebook Pages:

Here are the top 30 Facebook Fan Pages by number of fans (including URL):

Rank

Facebook Fan Page Name

Number of Likes

Facebook Fan Page URL

1

Texas Hold'Em Poker

25,568,343

http://www.facebook.com/TexasHoldEm

2

Facebook

23,630,608

http://www.facebook.com/facebook

3

Michael Jackson

22,430,514

http://www.facebook.com/michaeljackson

4

Lady Gaga

21,336,449

http://www.facebook.com/ladygaga

5

Family Guy

19,903,117

http://www.facebook.com/familyguy

6

Eminem

17,937,772

http://www.facebook.com/Eminem

7

YouTube

17,866,500

http://www.facebook.com/youtube

8

Vin Diesel

17,480,817

http://www.facebook.com/VinDiesel

9

The Twilight Saga

16,356,692

http://www.facebook.com/twilight

10

Starbucks

16,099,677

http://www.facebook.com/Starbucks

11

Megan Fox

15,922,621

http://www.facebook.com/MeganFox

12

South Park

15,810,977

http://www.facebook.com/SouthPark

13

House

15,638,282

http://www.facebook.com/house

14

Linkin Park

15,425,944

http://www.facebook.com/linkinPark

15

Coca-Cola

15,250,887

http://www.facebook.com/coca-cola

16

Barack Obama

15,189,862

http://www.facebook.com/BarackObama

17

Music

14,925,555

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Music/112936425387489

18

Mafia Wars

14,366,348

http://www.facebook.com/MafiaWarsFans

19

Lil Wayne

14,291,235

http://www.facebook.com/LilWayne

20

Justin Bieber

14,105,010

http://www.facebook.com/justinbieber

21

Cristiano Ronaldo

13,722,957

http://www.facebook.com/cristiano

22

Bob Marley

13,127,020

http://www.facebook.com/BobMarley

23

Dr. House

12,763,528

http://www.facebook.com/DrHouse

24

Taylor Swift

12,546,896

http://www.facebook.com/TaylorSwift

25

Rihanna

12,483,199

http://www.facebook.com/Rihanna

26

Oreo

12,200,866

http://www.facebook.com/oreo

27

Twilight

12,069,587

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Twilight/44554497501

28

Skittles

11,590,439

http://www.facebook.com/skittles

29

Katy Perry

11,554,907

http://www.facebook.com/KatiePerry

30

Selena Gomez

11,363,673

http://www.facebook.com/selena

Top 30 Facebook Fan Pages by number of fans (figures taken from Facebook)

If you want to know the details on any other pages leave a comment below and I will reply.

It’s interesting to see the most popular like pages because it really reflects what our media covers and what people find entertaining right now. It really shows what the current generation is interested in. I think that if Facebook sticks around and isn’t trumped by a future social networking site that it would be interesting to take note of the “fan pages” (or whatever they may be called in the future) every year to watch the evolution of the public eye. From this list we can see that Facebook users are most entranced by famous people and entertainers—mainly in the music industry. What if this changes to sports or political figures in the future? Thanks for the report,Amber

Hello Nick, really cool post. I have a request similar to Chris and Valerio. I am interested in the UK usage and more specifically in the UK brands and their following on Facebook. I would be very thankful to you if you can share some information on this topic.